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Shloka 90

Adhyāya 90: Babhruvāhana’s Reception and the Commencement of Yudhiṣṭhira’s Aśvamedha

क्षुधा निर्णुदति प्रज्ञां धर्मबुद्धि व्यपोहति

kṣudhā nirṇudati prajñāṃ dharmabuddhiṃ vyapohati |

ភាពឃ្លាន បណ្ដេញប្រាជ្ញាចេញ ហើយលុបបំបាត់ការយល់ដឹងអំពីធម៌។ ពេលចំណេះដឹងត្រូវបានបាំងបិទដោយឃ្លាន មនុស្សបាត់បង់ភាពមាំមួន និងការគ្រប់គ្រងខ្លួន។ ដូច្នេះ អ្នកណាឈ្នះឃ្លាន ត្រូវបាននិយាយថា ឈ្នះជ័យជម្នះដ៏ប្រាកដ—ទទួលបានបុណ្យ និងគោលដៅសួគ៌ ដោយការគ្រប់គ្រងក្តីប្រាថ្នារបស់កាយ។

क्षुधाby hunger
क्षुधा:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootक्षुध् (स्त्री. प्रातिपदिक: क्षुधा)
FormFeminine, Instrumental, Singular
निर्णुदतिdrives away, expels
निर्णुदति:
TypeVerb
Rootनि√नुद्
FormPresent, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
प्रज्ञाम्wisdom, understanding
प्रज्ञाम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootप्रज्ञा
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
धर्मबुद्धिम्righteous understanding
धर्मबुद्धिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootधर्मबुद्धि (धर्म + बुद्धि)
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
व्यपोहतिremoves, dispels
व्यपोहति:
TypeVerb
Rootवि-अप-√ऊह् (व्यपो√ऊह्)
FormPresent, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
इतिthus
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
श्रीमहाभारतेin the Śrī-Mahābhārata
श्रीमहाभारते:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootश्रीमहाभारत (श्री + महाभारत)
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
आश्वमेधिकेin the Aśvamedhika (parvan)
आश्वमेधिके:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootआश्वमेधिक
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
पर्वणिin the book/section (parvan)
पर्वणि:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootपर्वन्
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
अनुगीतापर्वणिin the Anugītā section
अनुगीतापर्वणि:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootअनुगीतापर्वन् (अनुगीता + पर्वन्)
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
नकुलाख्यानेin the tale called (that of) Nakula
नकुलाख्याने:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootनकुलाख्यान (नकुल + आख्यान)
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
नवतितमःninetieth
नवतितमः:
TypeAdjective
Rootनवतितम (ordinal from नवति)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अध्यायःchapter
अध्यायः:
TypeNoun
Rootअध्याय
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

श्षशुर उवाच

Ś
śvaśura (father-in-law; speaker designation)

Educational Q&A

Hunger is portrayed as a powerful force that can overthrow wisdom and moral judgment; ethical steadiness requires mastery over bodily cravings, and conquering hunger is praised as a spiritual victory leading to higher merit.

In the Anugītā context within the Nakula episode, an elder (identified as the śvaśura) instructs by highlighting how physical deprivation—especially hunger—can destabilize a person’s mind and dharmic resolve, urging restraint and endurance.